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undaunted courage, an indomitable energy, speaking truth to power regardless of its cost. they grappled with the great political and moral issues of their time so that we might harness and clarify their vision to me to the imposing in tangencies of our present. thank you so much for coming and for listening. [applause] >> if you have questions, we have to microphones on either side of the center section. please let us know if you have questions. ms. hertog is willing to answer them for just a few minutes. thank you. >> hello. >> you mentioned that thompson left for england with $150. really without any track record of any career in journalism. how did she actually break and in london? i know she became the first foreign correspondent, but how did she break the egg and get in? >> well, she went to the international news service and volunteered her services. she said don't pay me anything. just give me assignments and i will do whatever you want me to do. and i promise to bring back the story. and that's how she made her way into journalism, in to foreign correspondents. she
undaunted courage, an indomitable energy, speaking truth to power regardless of its cost. they grappled with the great political and moral issues of their time so that we might harness and clarify their vision to me to the imposing in tangencies of our present. thank you so much for coming and for listening. [applause] >> if you have questions, we have to microphones on either side of the center section. please let us know if you have questions. ms. hertog is willing to answer them for...
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how much energy is that? >> guest: well, a light pull b uses 100 watts. it's a lot of energy. first of all, i have to say that facebook and google are some of the more enlightened players in relative terms as to how they use that electricity. and i think this is an evolving conversation as to what does responsible mean, but they're more forward leaning than, let's say, many banks or, um, big box stores or something like that in how the kind of technology they use to try to reduce the waste. nevertheless, what even in those cases what these figures show you is that this is an incredibly energy-intensive industry. last year after i asked google for its energy figures, i want had never released them until i started this reporting. i'm not saying they did it only because i asked them too to, but i bothered them enough that maybe it played a role in deciding to release their figures last year for the first time. last year the figure was around almost 250 million watts, this year it's 300. so that's a growth of 50 in just one year. and remember that a town like quincy, let's just ta
how much energy is that? >> guest: well, a light pull b uses 100 watts. it's a lot of energy. first of all, i have to say that facebook and google are some of the more enlightened players in relative terms as to how they use that electricity. and i think this is an evolving conversation as to what does responsible mean, but they're more forward leaning than, let's say, many banks or, um, big box stores or something like that in how the kind of technology they use to try to reduce the...
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pryor: i ask unanimous consent the energy committee be discharged from further consideration of h.r. 6060 and the senate proceed to its consideration and consideration of calendar number 269, s. 302 en bloc. the presiding officer: without objection. the clerk will report the measures en bloc. the clerk: h.r. 6060, an act to amend public law 106-392, and so forth, calendar number 269, s. 302, a bill to authorize the secretary of the interior to issue right-of-way permits for natural gas transmission pipeline, and so forth and for other purposes. mr. pryor: i ask unanimous consent the bills be read a third time and passed en bloc, the motion to reconsider be laid upon the table with no intervening action or debate, and any statements related to the bills be placed in the record at the appropriate place as if read. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. pryor: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent the senate proceed to the immediate consideration of s. res. 628 submitted earlier today by senators landrieu and blunt. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: senate
pryor: i ask unanimous consent the energy committee be discharged from further consideration of h.r. 6060 and the senate proceed to its consideration and consideration of calendar number 269, s. 302 en bloc. the presiding officer: without objection. the clerk will report the measures en bloc. the clerk: h.r. 6060, an act to amend public law 106-392, and so forth, calendar number 269, s. 302, a bill to authorize the secretary of the interior to issue right-of-way permits for natural gas...
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i was an economist on the brazil desk very much involved with commodities in the energy crisis in the 70's. the cia was just too bureaucratic for me. so i wanted to break out and do something more on gennaro. i get involved in the financial revolution, started being a managing editor of a news article, the inflation survival letters in the 1970's which is now called personal finance, a much more establishment name. my own newsletters forecast and strategies. seven robbery and was elected and it has been a great ride. i consider myself a survivor in many ways. i maintained my contacts and the cia because i think there are a good source for information. we're a global economy, and the cia does everything. they've done research on virtually everything. >> we invited you want book tv to talk about the making of modern economics, the lives and ideas of right thinkers. >> cannot in 2001. it took me about five years to sit down and actually right. probably a lifetime of learning. and then the second edition came out in 2009 right after the financial crisis. we felt it needed to be updated af
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community who rely on energy tax breaks to keep on moving and keep on producing. so i don't want to see economic growth derailed. it was too horribly painful to sit through this very difficult economic recovery inch by inch, every day hoping we would push forward despite the odds. we have the -- we had the economic crisis in europe that weighed on us as well. well, what we did this morning was important. so i want to close by saying this to my friends in the house, all of them, democrats, republicans, liberals, moderates and conservativesmen conservati. this is not a perfect deal. we all know it. you know, each of us can find a piece of it that we really, really don't like. but on the whole, it will give certainty to this economy. in many cases, many of the provisions are permanent, like the a.m.t. it gives certainty and certainty is critical. we will not go back. we will not take billions and billions of dollars out of this economy. we can't do that now. and i would say to my conservative friends over there, now it's the 1st of the year, you're actually cutting t
community who rely on energy tax breaks to keep on moving and keep on producing. so i don't want to see economic growth derailed. it was too horribly painful to sit through this very difficult economic recovery inch by inch, every day hoping we would push forward despite the odds. we have the -- we had the economic crisis in europe that weighed on us as well. well, what we did this morning was important. so i want to close by saying this to my friends in the house, all of them, democrats,...
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from energy-driven shocks to the global economy. in other words, we have to cooperate with other nations in improving the global system of manufacturing and moving energy supplies. currently, a key to this is helping to ensure the completion of the southern energy corridor serving central and southeastern europe and unleashing our own liquified natural gas exports to address the energy vulnerabilities of our closest allies. the potential global crisis over food production is less well understood. whereas research is opening many new frontiers in the energy sphere the productivity of global agriculture will not keep up with projected food demand unless many countries change their policies. this starts with a much wider embrace of agriculture technology including genetically modified techniques. the risks of climate change intensify this imperative. even as we deal with potential resource constraints, our country remains vulnerability to -- remains vulnerable to terrorism and assymetric warfare. access to the internet and social media
from energy-driven shocks to the global economy. in other words, we have to cooperate with other nations in improving the global system of manufacturing and moving energy supplies. currently, a key to this is helping to ensure the completion of the southern energy corridor serving central and southeastern europe and unleashing our own liquified natural gas exports to address the energy vulnerabilities of our closest allies. the potential global crisis over food production is less well...
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if you want more of that, then you need to find it and spending time and energy following it. because the reverse is also true but if you spend all of your time watching the really extreme opinion and washing the rumormongering, you will get more of that, too. one at pet peeves is people say a how outrageous it is news is covering so much of some scandal involving the kardashians or something, and then every recount to me in graphic detail every single thing. [laughter] and it's clear to me they invested a fair amount of time and effort and i want is a just turn it off. you don't have to listen to it. we all share in the shaping of where our news is heading. it lies in our power to head in the right direction. i, too, and the daily watcher of abc. two things. i really like the series that you are doing on made in the u.s.a. i like that a lot. and the other is a question. this year hbo came out with a show in the newsroom with jane fonda. how's that program been an instructive to the regular networks? >> say the last question again. >> instructive. i want to know your opinion.
if you want more of that, then you need to find it and spending time and energy following it. because the reverse is also true but if you spend all of your time watching the really extreme opinion and washing the rumormongering, you will get more of that, too. one at pet peeves is people say a how outrageous it is news is covering so much of some scandal involving the kardashians or something, and then every recount to me in graphic detail every single thing. [laughter] and it's clear to me...
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. >> guest: where is the energy? the energies in the united states. stop the strikes, stop labor. and i think stalin has always been convenient for distraction for the right in the center, the truman nights, the center up to today. >> host: i just think the fact that the communist were doing what they were doing also made it easier for the right to use that. >> guest: and to scare people in this country. >> guest: when you see all the liberal so to speak, and also the chairman liberals, the clark clifford's that would drift in this direction, changes american history terribly because right now with the union movement, the concept of labor versus capital is not even discussed in this country. this is what has happened and this is far more important than pointing the finger at the soviet union. why not point it as i said earlier at churchill in greece in athens in 1944? let's be a little bit more -- host go egalitarian. we will jump forward after this. >> host: okay, i would like to jump forward to the 18 60's, the late great 18 60's and talk about john f. kennedy still perhaps the
. >> guest: where is the energy? the energies in the united states. stop the strikes, stop labor. and i think stalin has always been convenient for distraction for the right in the center, the truman nights, the center up to today. >> host: i just think the fact that the communist were doing what they were doing also made it easier for the right to use that. >> guest: and to scare people in this country. >> guest: when you see all the liberal so to speak, and also the...
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. >> so then it makes me think, there is this whole media kind of energy around this book but the last time there was this kind of media energy was that, july 2010 when it went down. >> yes. >> people were going back to those places who interviewed you, who were making accusations calling you a reverse racist. the speed which that happened, how does it feel being back in the space now that you do have the whole story? >> it feels good to know that, first of all, that i was able to use that same media in a sense to be able to get the, the story, the right story out. it feels, gosh, i can't explain how great it feels to be able to sit here, to hear the actress really, oh my goodness, i don't know whether you saw me, i was crying a little. it's really amazing. i didn't ever think, i made the decision years ago that i didn't want people to forget my father and what he meant to us. i had no idea i would be able to tell the story in this way. it feels great. >> what's, what's so beautiful this book is i feel like it's more than a book. it is a living, it is a living history. it is like a lov
. >> so then it makes me think, there is this whole media kind of energy around this book but the last time there was this kind of media energy was that, july 2010 when it went down. >> yes. >> people were going back to those places who interviewed you, who were making accusations calling you a reverse racist. the speed which that happened, how does it feel being back in the space now that you do have the whole story? >> it feels good to know that, first of all, that i...
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companies will continue to receive tax credits for the research they do, investors make an clean energy jobs that they create. 2 million americans out of work, but out there looking, pounding payment every day for continue to receive unemployment benefits as long as they are actively looking for a job. but i think we all recognize this law is just one step in the broader effort to strengthen our economy and broaden the opportunity for everybody. the fact is the deficit is still too high and we're still investing too little into things that we need for the economy to grow as fast as it should. and that's why speaker boehner and i provisionally try to negotiate a larger agreement that would put this country on a path to paying down its debt, while also putting americans back to work, rebuilding roads and bridges and providing investments in areas like education and job training. unfortunately, there just wasn't enough support or time for that kind of large agreement in a lame-duck session of congress. and that failure comes at a cost us the messy nature of the process over the past severa
companies will continue to receive tax credits for the research they do, investors make an clean energy jobs that they create. 2 million americans out of work, but out there looking, pounding payment every day for continue to receive unemployment benefits as long as they are actively looking for a job. but i think we all recognize this law is just one step in the broader effort to strengthen our economy and broaden the opportunity for everybody. the fact is the deficit is still too high and...
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my focus is on energy efficiency. energy is the first fuel, you know. every gallon we don't spend of oil not only saves us money, but it also saves us on a emissions and helps reduce our dependence on foreign oil, and that's good for our national security so i think we need a comprehensive energy policy in this country in order to protect our national security in order to insure that we begin to clean up our environment better and in order to make sure that we're not sending men and women overseas in harm's way for foreign oil. [applause] >> thank you, jeanne. what a rich conversation this morning. not a surprise, so much to talk about, running a little bit long. if you could indulge me, just two last questions that i think are terrific questions that i'd really like to ask you. so the first being -- the truth is we are one of the few democracies in the world who has not had a female president. why and when will we -- [laughter] could she, and could she be sitting among us today? kelly? kelly, would you like to start? [laughter] >> i think i'm going to
my focus is on energy efficiency. energy is the first fuel, you know. every gallon we don't spend of oil not only saves us money, but it also saves us on a emissions and helps reduce our dependence on foreign oil, and that's good for our national security so i think we need a comprehensive energy policy in this country in order to protect our national security in order to insure that we begin to clean up our environment better and in order to make sure that we're not sending men and women...
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but rather, those with restless energy, buoyant optimism and large faith in themselves in particular. and this is the entrepreneurial type. and these are exactly the characteristics which allow the entrepreneurs to achieve great things and, also, to go broke. this is, fits in this great quote that's in tom's book about a long history of success is the biggest precursor to failure. well, think of what the successful entrepreneur has learned. he's learned that when i have all these helpers around telling me i can't do this, too risky, it'll never work, and i do it anyway and i succeed. so how does he look at all these advisers in the entrepreneur's eyes who want to tell him next time you can't do it? we have to ask ourselves what happens to minsky's dialectic or balance between the entrepreneur and the banker, which i think is such a nice way to think about this, when the entrepreneurs take over the banks? and this is the point minsky was making. so when this entrepreneurial type takes over the bank that's supposed to be the risk-avers, cynical, worried about risk type, well, what do yo
but rather, those with restless energy, buoyant optimism and large faith in themselves in particular. and this is the entrepreneurial type. and these are exactly the characteristics which allow the entrepreneurs to achieve great things and, also, to go broke. this is, fits in this great quote that's in tom's book about a long history of success is the biggest precursor to failure. well, think of what the successful entrepreneur has learned. he's learned that when i have all these helpers around...
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gotten -- i learned that he is the rarest rarest of find to disrupt the thinkers we like to say his energy and intellectual creativity combine in novel ways of thinking. he constantly pushes us to think differently in new ways, more nimbly and provocatively. that is a spirit that infuses tom's new book, "the generals." he explores generalship of good and bad in accountability and traces the history of generalship from george washoe and world war ii to chosin reservoir and vietnam. to colin powell and the gulf war and the generals who commanded the iraq from 2003 on. the general argues the military is change over its years in the way it rewards good generalship and punishes bad. toms is a provocative argument and one that we will examine in detail and nice conversation. joining tom in this conversation is susan glasser one of the nations top national security journalist. susan is the editor-in-chief of foreign-policy magazine has done tremendous work in billing foreign-policy.com into a key locus of the nationals carry discussion. prior to joining foreign-policy susan was reported to "the w
gotten -- i learned that he is the rarest rarest of find to disrupt the thinkers we like to say his energy and intellectual creativity combine in novel ways of thinking. he constantly pushes us to think differently in new ways, more nimbly and provocatively. that is a spirit that infuses tom's new book, "the generals." he explores generalship of good and bad in accountability and traces the history of generalship from george washoe and world war ii to chosin reservoir and vietnam. to...
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in the case of energy, we will get inexpensive, low co2 energy sources. the problem is that the amount of time it takes to invent, make them economical, deploy those things in a sector that moves very lowly historically -- and there's been great books that go through this -- we have to kind of on door rate an invention. and within the field there are people like me who think we focus too much on deployment of stuff that we have today versus funding basic research that could give us things that don't need to be quite as subsidized when they get out there. so i think there's a scary race going on, and i'm worried that we're not paying attention to it in terms of of do we get the new stuff before the amount of warming hurts the entire globe, but particularly the poorest who are in those aqua tore y'all regions and subject to that. but even there i think the right things can come up with a good solution. >> and what should policy be doing right now to get, to try to help the good side of that race? >> well, i think to the degree that you're flat funded, you s
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analog that goes to the energy, and to be candid, the fund-raising ability that john brings us. so, john, thank you for your work. [applause] >> i hope all of you will join close to me in keeping mrs. reagan in your prayers. she is a remarkable woman who spent a lifetime serving this country. and we all cherish her, as she continues to be active and continues to play a role here at the library. so i couldn't come here, and i mentioned nancy fortissimo their aisles with say, governor, it's great to be back with you. we did a lot of things over the years. from being made in san diego to u.s. senator to governor, to a leader in a variety of ways. i look to pete wilson and to gale as great people who represent the willingness to serve the state and the country in an important way. i want to say, it's always a family engagement if you're out there, thank you both for serving the country but it really does make a difference. it's great to be back here. [applause] >> i did not you would be with us, but we are thrilled to have you here. callista and i have launched what we call an ameri
analog that goes to the energy, and to be candid, the fund-raising ability that john brings us. so, john, thank you for your work. [applause] >> i hope all of you will join close to me in keeping mrs. reagan in your prayers. she is a remarkable woman who spent a lifetime serving this country. and we all cherish her, as she continues to be active and continues to play a role here at the library. so i couldn't come here, and i mentioned nancy fortissimo their aisles with say, governor, it's...
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felt as though after september 11th the, the diversion, the distraction of the nation's concern and energy into iraq was unpardonable. and i felt that it was inept, corrupt and opaque. those were tough years for me, and i was very, very deeply motivated to, if 2008, to see barack obama, this wonderful sort of a surprise really. i couldn't believe our luck that we had gotten such a real person as, to make it through the filter system of our politics. so it meant a lot to me, and i know that it would have meant a huge amount to my father. so, because i think of him often. and so again in 2012 we, kim and i went on the road for obama. we did a, as theresa said earlier, we did about three dozen different events. it was really, restored my faith in the, in the country to see, um, to meet these people who had committed thimses to this re-election -- themselves to this re-election campaign. it was the largest grassroots event that we've ever seen in this country, and the people involved were such, just fundamentally such good people, i felt, that it really meant a lot to me to be involved in it.
felt as though after september 11th the, the diversion, the distraction of the nation's concern and energy into iraq was unpardonable. and i felt that it was inept, corrupt and opaque. those were tough years for me, and i was very, very deeply motivated to, if 2008, to see barack obama, this wonderful sort of a surprise really. i couldn't believe our luck that we had gotten such a real person as, to make it through the filter system of our politics. so it meant a lot to me, and i know that it...
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he will be a strong voice on climate change, expanding clean, renewable energy and protecting our precious natural resources. he will defend our native hawaiians and all of our nation's first people, those americans who exercise sovereignty in lands that later became part of the united states. he will uphold the values and priorities of our unique state. i say to my friend, the new junior senator from hawaii, never forget that you are here with a solemn responsibility to do everything you can to represent the people of hawaii, to make sure that their needs are addressed in every policy discussion, to speak up and seek justice for those who cannot help themselves. god bless you, senator schatz. god bless hawaii. god bless the united states of america. mr. reid: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from nevada. mr. reid: before my friend from hawaii leaves the floor, we have all come and given speeches -- one of us at least -- about you, but we haven't had a lot of people on the floor when we have done that. your presentation right now is typical for dan akaka. never a word abou
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would echo what melissa hart said, and very importantly acknowledge the leadership in terms of the energy she brought to the white center, this lecture was her brainchild. the constitution of the activities were brainchild, and recognizing that under the board of regents, the chase award given from the president's office given to melissa hard for her work in community service. so i want to acknowledge mullah so hard. [applause] -- melissa hart. >> and finally, all of you make such a difference to us. when i think about what makes a successful of the law school, having a diverse, inclusive and collaborative community about standing -- outstanding students, faculty, alumni, and friends, gives us -- the members here come and there are several, very supportive a lawns, professors, this community can come together and really make a difference. and you all matter in so many ways, so want to thank all of you. i can't name you all, but you really help make us successful. now, when justice ginsburg agreed to, she said don't want to give a lecture, but i would like a fireside chat. and i said that
would echo what melissa hart said, and very importantly acknowledge the leadership in terms of the energy she brought to the white center, this lecture was her brainchild. the constitution of the activities were brainchild, and recognizing that under the board of regents, the chase award given from the president's office given to melissa hard for her work in community service. so i want to acknowledge mullah so hard. [applause] -- melissa hart. >> and finally, all of you make such a...
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so here we are as a country with the need for having a international energy policy, for dealing with issues like climate change, protecting middle-class families and trying to make sure that we have job growth and economic development, doing everything we can to bring down the cost on health care but making sure that our citizens have high-quality health care. we face tremendous issues here, and the senate in many, many cases has been unable to act. we have been unable to act because the rules are being abused, this filibuster is not out in the open. it's secret, it's silent, and we have the opportunity to act on the first legislative day. so on that first legislative day, i'm going to offer a motion, i'm going to offer a motion, a very simple motion that my predecessor, clint anderson offered. he offered it for the 25 years he was in the senate. on the first legislative day, he would offer a motion. move to adopt the rules of the congress for him, whatever it was, this motion dealing with tomorrow, move to adopt the rules for the 113th congress. and then we focus on, we focus on wha
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we can't have these companies spending all their time and energy dealing with antitrust suits when we need their cooperation will wartime production. but the dogs get caught up in antitrust. that's another crucial change that takes place. there were a lot of safeguards built in to protect against evils of capitalism. there's an excess profits tax that was imposed. there is income tax races across the board and also renegotiation law that congress passed in 1843 that allows the government to renegotiate navy and war departments to renegotiate contracts, where they felt the charges in terms of costs were just exorbitant. that really did have been in one of the reasons was the contract would dissipate sort kosovar materials, materials, but as production takes, the cost go down. so one way for companies, aircraft companies in particular to get around an excess profits tax was due voluntarily renegotiate your contract, reduce the numbers of costs in the process. your profit goes down. your profit maker down, but it will not be taxed at the excess profit kind of a level. there's a big battl
we can't have these companies spending all their time and energy dealing with antitrust suits when we need their cooperation will wartime production. but the dogs get caught up in antitrust. that's another crucial change that takes place. there were a lot of safeguards built in to protect against evils of capitalism. there's an excess profits tax that was imposed. there is income tax races across the board and also renegotiation law that congress passed in 1843 that allows the government to...
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if you have always brought energy and a smile to this committee and we look forward to working together next year and the committee. i would also like to wish howard well as he moves on to the next chapter and i would like to say to both of you, that this committee and the institution is better because of the service on your part. the leadership on your part. and we look forward to secretary clinton testifying next year or next month, and i think all of us want to make sure that at the end of the day, our diplomats are safer and i look forward to working with mr. engel and all the members here. we look forward to making certain that something like this does not happen again. but part of that is making the right policy decisions. part of that goes to policy. and if we look at some of the observations that our ambassador made, he knew that libya had become a cauldron of weapons, of jihad is, of violent ideology. he called it a security vacuum as it develops there. it was discouraging frankly to read his communiquÉs, warning the consequences of this. and discouraging i think to see that t
if you have always brought energy and a smile to this committee and we look forward to working together next year and the committee. i would also like to wish howard well as he moves on to the next chapter and i would like to say to both of you, that this committee and the institution is better because of the service on your part. the leadership on your part. and we look forward to secretary clinton testifying next year or next month, and i think all of us want to make sure that at the end of...
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one of the things that i have learned in chairing the energy and water subcommittee, which is the committee that handles appropriations for the army corps of engineers, is how really difficult it is to get projects started, funded and constructed. and so i am one, particularly in view of storms, earthquakes, floods, damages, that you also need to do the mitigation because once it happens once, there's a heavy likelihood that it could happen again. so i rise in opposition to this amendment. the provision that the senator from oklahoma proposes would essentially take a project that's authorized, that has gone to the corps for study -- i beg your pardon? the presiding officer: the senator's time has expired. mrs. feinstein: may i ask for two minutes additional time, please. the presiding officer: is there objection? without objection. mrs. feinstein: thank you very much. would essentially take a corps project that has been authorized and the study is being done. once the study is concluded, t the -- and it is cost-effective, the corps proceeds to construction. with respect to mitigation, what
one of the things that i have learned in chairing the energy and water subcommittee, which is the committee that handles appropriations for the army corps of engineers, is how really difficult it is to get projects started, funded and constructed. and so i am one, particularly in view of storms, earthquakes, floods, damages, that you also need to do the mitigation because once it happens once, there's a heavy likelihood that it could happen again. so i rise in opposition to this amendment. the...
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we welcome the energy and intelligence each of you brings to the challenges that we face, and especially to the transcendent challenge of our time. a federal debt so huge, so huge it threatens to permanently alter an economy that has provided generations of americans the opportunity to fulfill their dreams of a better life. four straight years of trillion-dollar deficits and projected spending that no realistic amount of tax revenue could cover have put us at a crossroads. either we tackle our nation's spending problem or it's going to tackle us. it's that simple. and there is no better time to do the work we need to do than right now. the bipartisan agreement we reached earlier this week was imperfect. i'm the first to admit it, especially the process, but aside from shielding 99% of my constituents and many of yours from the painful effects of a middle-class tax hike, the president seemed all too willing, by the way, to impose that, it gave us something else. it settled the revenue debate for good. the revenue debate is over. president obama declared the other night that those he calls
we welcome the energy and intelligence each of you brings to the challenges that we face, and especially to the transcendent challenge of our time. a federal debt so huge, so huge it threatens to permanently alter an economy that has provided generations of americans the opportunity to fulfill their dreams of a better life. four straight years of trillion-dollar deficits and projected spending that no realistic amount of tax revenue could cover have put us at a crossroads. either we tackle our...
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i was working in the world of energy and there i think we have taken enormous steps in the direction of a modern sustainable green economy, what we call now distributed generations of people producing and consuming energy. this is happening at an incredible pace in california and i know california like this is and we want to connect with california. some of the events will require the supports of the leaders that are here present, the leaders of the italian american associations. i am very proud to say that all of the leaders of the italian american associations are gathered today, mr. mayor, and senator assembly man and board of supervisors is here to celebrate with us and ramona blackwell who with the committee of the italians abroad and elected body and we will need your support and it's not just top down but bottom up. we're are open to your ideas and suggestions. we want it to a great celebration and people are in charge and in power and they will also run the show. that's our objective. by the way also have guests from outside california and salt lake city -- i don't know where
i was working in the world of energy and there i think we have taken enormous steps in the direction of a modern sustainable green economy, what we call now distributed generations of people producing and consuming energy. this is happening at an incredible pace in california and i know california like this is and we want to connect with california. some of the events will require the supports of the leaders that are here present, the leaders of the italian american associations. i am very...
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this is an incredibly energy intensive industry. after i asked google for its energy figures -- they had never release them. i bothered them enough that maybe it played a role in their decision to release the figures last year for the first time. they did it again this year. last year was around almost 250 million watts. this year is 300 watts. that is a growth of 50 watts in just one year. in a town like quincy, a town of 7000, you look at the houses and small businesses, they are may be using something more like 10 megawatts or something like that. you are talking about the amounts that large urban areas would use, or extremely large steel plants, or something like that. to% is roughly the amount that a lot of large industries use. -- 2% is roughly the amount that a lot of large industries use. it is hard to compare apples to apples and all these industries, but if you look at the energy they're using from the grid, the steel industry is in that same area. data centers have arrived as a heavy industry in terms of how much electric
this is an incredibly energy intensive industry. after i asked google for its energy figures -- they had never release them. i bothered them enough that maybe it played a role in their decision to release the figures last year for the first time. they did it again this year. last year was around almost 250 million watts. this year is 300 watts. that is a growth of 50 watts in just one year. in a town like quincy, a town of 7000, you look at the houses and small businesses, they are may be using...
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the people are their own energy supplier. >> in a way, it is democratic energy production. we all have a say on what equipment use and what bank to use to finance it. >> experts say that, in 2013, more germans will start to generate their own electricity. >> people are getting involved. day care. that is a great thing, not only for energy production, but also for participation. >> but the costs of expanding wind and solar power are carried by consumers, and energy prices are on the rise. that's a hard sell in an election year. >> at the end of the day, the costs must be affordable for the national economy and for individual citizens, businesses, tradespeople, and for the middle-class. >> if discontent over the cost grows, will politicians lose their will to push it through? >> the energy revolution cannot be reversed. there is broad consensus that phasing out nuclear while staying true to our environment responsibilities is the right thing to do. the dispute is whether or not the process is working well. >> energy is certain to be a big issue in the upcoming federal electio
the people are their own energy supplier. >> in a way, it is democratic energy production. we all have a say on what equipment use and what bank to use to finance it. >> experts say that, in 2013, more germans will start to generate their own electricity. >> people are getting involved. day care. that is a great thing, not only for energy production, but also for participation. >> but the costs of expanding wind and solar power are carried by consumers, and energy prices...
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why he thinks the wind energy tax breaks are a disaster and what the real focus of our energy policy should be. stay wwth us. ♪ >> from fox business studios in new york, here again is gerri willis. gerri: green energy turned out to be a big winner in he fiscal cliff bell. more investment, we can't afford until today. rubber, welcome back to the show. we ave $12 billion in tax credits over 10 years grateful we get back? >> gerri, the wind energy advocates push to get their tax cuts extended great isn't it was not extended, there would be about 37,000 jobs lost. well, he figured this is a 12 million-dollar price tag, we are talking about $329,000 per job. it's an absurd number the one you might write a check and send it out to those people instead of bothering with the wind energy. here is a number that astonishes me. 84% of the infrastructure, wind energy infrastructure, what are you talking about? that is crazy. >> it does not produce electricity when demand the highest. you can look here in texas where there is more wind energy capacity than any other state. 8.7% of the installed
why he thinks the wind energy tax breaks are a disaster and what the real focus of our energy policy should be. stay wwth us. ♪ >> from fox business studios in new york, here again is gerri willis. gerri: green energy turned out to be a big winner in he fiscal cliff bell. more investment, we can't afford until today. rubber, welcome back to the show. we ave $12 billion in tax credits over 10 years grateful we get back? >> gerri, the wind energy advocates push to get their tax cuts...
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why he thinks the wind energy tax breaks are a disaster and what the real focus of our energy policy should be. stay wwth us. ♪ [ male announcer ] where do you turn for legal mters? at legalzoom, we've created a better place to handle your legal needs. maybe you have questions about incorporating a business you'd like to start. or questions about protecting your family with a will or living trust. and you'd like to find the right attorney to help guide you along, answer any questions and offer advice. with an "a" rating from the better business bureau legalzoom helps you get personalized and affordable legal protection. in most states, a legal plan attorney is available with everyersonalized document to answer any questions. get started at legalzoom.com toy. and now you're protected. >> from fox business studios in new york, here again is gerri willis. gerri: green energy turned out to be a big winner in the fiscal cliff bell. more investment, we can't afford until today. rubber, welcome back to the show. we have $12 billion in tax credits over 10 years grateful we get back? >> ger
why he thinks the wind energy tax breaks are a disaster and what the real focus of our energy policy should be. stay wwth us. ♪ [ male announcer ] where do you turn for legal mters? at legalzoom, we've created a better place to handle your legal needs. maybe you have questions about incorporating a business you'd like to start. or questions about protecting your family with a will or living trust. and you'd like to find the right attorney to help guide you along, answer any questions and...
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so you have to let it -- let that technology compete against energy efficiency and other forms of energy. >> and we got to wrap it up there. thanks to james hansen, head of nasa goddard institute for space studies, adjunct professor at columbia university's earth institute for his comments here today at climate one. [applause] >> okay. i'd like to -- thank you very much. i'd like to invite ben santer up here to present the award to dr. hansen. ben is a member of the jury and a climate scientist in his own right at lawrence livermore lab. >> jim, you and steve were pioneers of the frontiers of climate science, exploring the role of the oceans in climate change, the role of clouds, the role of aerosol particles, and i could spend a lot of time recounting your scientific contributions. i won't -- i just wanna tell you one very brief story. back in 1988, i was doing my postdoc in hamburg, you testified in front of congress. you said, we see the signal emerging from the noise. that had huge influence on me and on hundreds, thousands of my colleagues. the idea that we could see some coherent h
so you have to let it -- let that technology compete against energy efficiency and other forms of energy. >> and we got to wrap it up there. thanks to james hansen, head of nasa goddard institute for space studies, adjunct professor at columbia university's earth institute for his comments here today at climate one. [applause] >> okay. i'd like to -- thank you very much. i'd like to invite ben santer up here to present the award to dr. hansen. ben is a member of the jury and a...
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we've got three or four different fossil fuels and we've got four or five different renewable energies in the situation is quite complex and i don't want to complicate our you know my own washing further because you should be looking at water and oil as being the same power as when it comes to scarcity. the question is should we look at water in oil in the same way in terms of how to respond i think the answer is no in this case i mean these are two very i certainly think it was certainly hope not especially. and i'm not an oil economist i'm not in a common position to comment along the specificity of that but i think there's a lot more flexibility you know water is something that hypothetically is available domestically and it is indigenously in every country there's a lot more flexibility it's not as politicized this oil is politicized water for sure but there is more easy options and it really is not is fraud and tricky basically as oil is so i think it would be a mistake to try to conflate those two and it is true that you we need to look at the trajectory of these resources in the
we've got three or four different fossil fuels and we've got four or five different renewable energies in the situation is quite complex and i don't want to complicate our you know my own washing further because you should be looking at water and oil as being the same power as when it comes to scarcity. the question is should we look at water in oil in the same way in terms of how to respond i think the answer is no in this case i mean these are two very i certainly think it was certainly hope...
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energy stocks led the downturn both for the day and the week. and as you can see, materials and industrials were also weak. toyota got the okay from a u.s. judge on that massive class action settlement. the lawsuit was brought by car owners who lost value on their cars because of sudden, unintended acceleration problems. toyota shares fell 0.5% to just above $92 per share. apple says it will withdraw cpas tentimlaagainst a new samsung phone after the company said it will not sell the phone in the u.s. but apple shares still sold off, down more than $5 to $509. barnes and noble says british media company pearson is making a $90 million investment in its nook media unit. that's about a 5% stake. back in april, microsoft made a $300 million investment in the unit.im looking at the players: shares of barnes and noble jumped more than 4% to almost $15 a share. pearson slipped a fraction. and microsoft lost 1.5%. wal-mart plans to start monitoring the warehouses of subcontractors it uses here in the u.s. the program stems from complaints of poor worke
energy stocks led the downturn both for the day and the week. and as you can see, materials and industrials were also weak. toyota got the okay from a u.s. judge on that massive class action settlement. the lawsuit was brought by car owners who lost value on their cars because of sudden, unintended acceleration problems. toyota shares fell 0.5% to just above $92 per share. apple says it will withdraw cpas tentimlaagainst a new samsung phone after the company said it will not sell the phone in...
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>>hese workers will now have a new mission, produce something of the most energy efficient windows in the world. >> other companies don't get so much help but this company gave money to the democrats and one of their executives was married to an energy department official. it's shoe nice to get special government help. >> tnk you, mr. vice-president, four your support. >> left-wing think tanks criticize corporate welfare but somehow green handouts are okay. >> everybody wants to find a better fuel efficient way to go about their daily business, and the government is going to invest in companies to pioneer technologies. that it is not corporate welfare. >> the business is tooumb to invest without the government saying, do this. >> the private sector will only invest if they know for sure there's a commercial market place. >> you say everybody wants these things. isn't that enough incentive for private greedy substances to make it? >> the free market does not know anything unless we collect our interest and says they is it of import to us. >> central planning does not work. it doesn't w
>>hese workers will now have a new mission, produce something of the most energy efficient windows in the world. >> other companies don't get so much help but this company gave money to the democrats and one of their executives was married to an energy department official. it's shoe nice to get special government help. >> tnk you, mr. vice-president, four your support. >> left-wing think tanks criticize corporate welfare but somehow green handouts are okay. >>...
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energy side, clearly, energy is not growing in terms of the demand in the u.s.. where it's growing is the rest of the world. >> right. >> we don't have any real opec or non-opec growth in terms of plux. who gets the call? the people who do offshore and deepwater drilling and down hole work. that's why you want to be there. >> global diversions here to some extent. all right, thank you very much, gentlemen, john stevenson and larry, have a great weekend. >> thank you, you too. >> thanks. >> leaders meeting with the president right now this very moment at the white house and the country and entire world watching because if we go off the cliff, markets around the globe could be affected. live to the white house with the very latest. david: taxes on dividends could be rising. chairman of southern company who owns a bunch of utility companies, why that could spell trouble for more than just investors. >> liz joins us telling us which big companies will be first to take a costly fall if we, in fact, do go off that cliff. ♪ [ indiinct shouting ] ♪ [ indistinct shout
energy side, clearly, energy is not growing in terms of the demand in the u.s.. where it's growing is the rest of the world. >> right. >> we don't have any real opec or non-opec growth in terms of plux. who gets the call? the people who do offshore and deepwater drilling and down hole work. that's why you want to be there. >> global diversions here to some extent. all right, thank you very much, gentlemen, john stevenson and larry, have a great weekend. >> thank you, you...
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the epa and the energy department. here to explain the director of regulation policy for the american action forum. sam, welcome. i want to start with this $106 billion number we were talking about in the break. this is a lot of money. so $106 billion. these are rules that are still being written that were supposed to go into place sometime this year. this as the laws not already on the books, this is what is coming. tell us about that. >> correct. for example, there are 25 economically significant regulation at the white house now, that is regulations with a economic impact of $100 million or more. some are rules under the affordable care act, menu labeling rules, rules for vending machines, labeling requirements. so there is a lot at the white house now. there is lot of rules that are passed their statutory deadline. past the deadline for the administration set for them, that have been waiting around for several months. we don't know why. you can assume might be because of the election because the pace we're on right
the epa and the energy department. here to explain the director of regulation policy for the american action forum. sam, welcome. i want to start with this $106 billion number we were talking about in the break. this is a lot of money. so $106 billion. these are rules that are still being written that were supposed to go into place sometime this year. this as the laws not already on the books, this is what is coming. tell us about that. >> correct. for example, there are 25 economically...
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because congress gave me a big tax break. >> if you want it, for instance, invest in solar energy in your home, we have tax credits in there. >> so many of these programs that are supposed to be -- have a broad benefit, have a narw benefit. >> people who are rich enough to put solar panels in the house or buy an electric car or have a beach house on the edge of an ocean. >> another situation where the governmentreates a benefit and the people with more money, with better tax accounts, are better able to take advtage of it. >> we cannot turn back, not with an economy to fix and farms to save. >> farmers get lots of well-intended handouts from government. but who benefits? mostly rich farmers and people like bon jovi, who owns acres of land in new jersey but pays only $100 in state property tax. because he raises honey bees, he qualifies for a honey bee subsidy. >> bruce springsteen owns hundreds of acres but pays low tax bus an organic farmer runs . >> i have to pay $6,000 for an acre and a half and they're paying 600 acres for $200. >> the biggest recipient for farm sub days has been
because congress gave me a big tax break. >> if you want it, for instance, invest in solar energy in your home, we have tax credits in there. >> so many of these programs that are supposed to be -- have a broad benefit, have a narw benefit. >> people who are rich enough to put solar panels in the house or buy an electric car or have a beach house on the edge of an ocean. >> another situation where the governmentreates a benefit and the people with more money, with better...
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energy stocks led the downturn both for the day and the week. and as you can see, materials and industrials were also weak. toyota got the okay from a u.s. judge on that massive class action settlement. the lawsuit was brought by car owners who lost value on their cars because of sudden unintended acceleration problems. toyota shares fell 0.5% to just above $92 per share. apple says it will withdraw patent claims against a new samsung phone after the company said it will not sell the phone in the u.s. but apple shares still sold off, down more than $5 to $509. barnes and noble says british media company pearson is making a $90 million investment in its nook media unit. that's about a 5% stake. back in april, microsoft made a $300 million investment in the unit. looking at the players: shares of barnes and noble jumped more than 4% to almost $15 a share. pearson slipped a fraction. and microsoft lost 1.5%. wal-mart plans to start monitoring the warehouses of subcontractors it uses here in the u.s. the program stems from complaints of poor worker
energy stocks led the downturn both for the day and the week. and as you can see, materials and industrials were also weak. toyota got the okay from a u.s. judge on that massive class action settlement. the lawsuit was brought by car owners who lost value on their cars because of sudden unintended acceleration problems. toyota shares fell 0.5% to just above $92 per share. apple says it will withdraw patent claims against a new samsung phone after the company said it will not sell the phone in...